WHEREVER in a Sentence

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For WHEREVER, below is one of 86 sentences:
All afternoon, wherever one went in the house, one could hear the panting wheeze of the saw or the pleasant purring of the plane.

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 Meanings and Examples of WHEREVER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
wherever
 conj.  in every case when
 ad.  in or to whatever place
Classic Sentence: (80 in 6 pages)
1  High up on the plateau at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, she saw rolling red hills wherever she looked, with huge outcroppings of the underlying granite and gaunt pines towering somberly everywhere.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Scarlett gulped in silence, remembering that wherever two or more matrons were gathered together, in these trying days, they whispered of such happenings, always in Virginia or Tennessee or Lousiana, never close to home.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  Hers was not the only troublesome appetite at Tara, for wherever she turned hungry faces, black and white, met her eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
4  To the remaining members of the party Lily gave no special thought; wherever they were, they were not likely to interfere with her plans.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
5  And all along it, wherever it looped or ran, the sunflowers grew; some of them were as big as little trees, with great rough leaves and many branches which bore dozens of blossoms.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
6  All afternoon, wherever one went in the house, one could hear the panting wheeze of the saw or the pleasant purring of the plane.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
7  Her rapid footsteps shook her own floors, and she routed lassitude and indifference wherever she came.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: II
8  When Ole was cultivating his corn that summer, he used to get discouraged in the field, tie up his team, and wander off to wherever Lena Lingard was herding.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: IV
9  But wherever the road had crossed a draw, it was easy to find.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: III
10  "We'll go wherever you like," he said.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XII
11  It seemed to shake him all over, and it never stopped; you could see a red stain wherever he had spit upon the floor.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  It is the Railroad Trust that runs your state government, wherever you live, and that runs the United States Senate.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30
13  Now he was famous, but wherever he went he still preached the gospel of the poor.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30
14  He knew that he would no more quail before his guides wherever they should point.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
15  The ruler of an Empire must keep his eye on the cot; spy too in the kitchen; drawing-room; library; wherever one or two, me and you, come together.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
Example Sentence:
1  Some people enjoy themselves wherever they are.
2  She used to follow after him wherever he went.
3  Children will play wherever they happen to be.
4  It's standard practice to seek parents' permission wherever possible.
5  Because he worked in pantomime, the clown could be understood wherever he appeared.
6  You see that you are the end of all plans, and, wherever they may begin, the termination is the same.